Having more points with less detail of each and allowing more questions in between may help an audience stay more alert and focused.

A great class is a motivated Instructor and an Interested class.

As long as your alive, it will never end, learn to like it.

Should this method of grading be avoided, since some students may feel it is an invasion of their personal privacy?

If an Instructor is taking time to organize tasks pertaining to students, other Instructors and administraters, is he/she not being controled? Therefore, how can this not be true?

Some learners tend to try to keep their disabilities secret which by the time their known it may be to late to help them.

These learners also require alot of patience from the instructor which is also key to their success.

Could learning groups be used for hands-on lab projects if the numbers were two or three per project?

Modulating your voice during a lecture seems to help keep students interest up.

any system where a grade may depend on an opinion more than solid proof could be said to be bias in nature.